Egress Restore Chronicles

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Well, a little while back I got a runner Egress (see here), it was a mix of abused, used and new... not a bad price but...

First step was the strip down and identify what I needed. Next was to acquire what I needed. Finally the (re)build.

As it stands I have the following parts; enough for me to undertake an "as new" restore.... with a few expensive parts left over (like a new C tree!). Check out all the Titanium screw packs... somebody (a good seller even) has an Avante Titanium Screw Set available for 125 quid - ridiculous I say, I got all of the Ti screws I needed, with heaps left over, for ~30 quid!! Many thanks to europro975 (Antony) for his assistance there! Whatever you don't see here was new on the runner I purchased - the Avante chassis kit came in real handy for that odd ball connector or screw though...

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looks like it might be LESS WORK if you just started building a whole new car from scratch!!

you got new gearbox plastics & a centre shaft? only things i can think off not seeing in the pics

and a full set of tamiya blueseal bearings

re screws... Ti screws aren't shiny and the aluminium ones have a tendency to weld themselves over time.

The titan screws are a beautiful satin gray finish that looks superb on the shelf and kinda changes color under incandescent light. Also there are no aluminum screws in this car (there are about 8 steel ones though). The nuts are aluminum, but I've never had a problem removing one.

Less than half the OEM bearings in this car have a blue colored seal. Most are actually black (830, 620, 850).

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It would be less effort to build one from scratch... and the cost of all this plus the doner car is expensive, not quite the cost of a NIB but expensive nevertheless! The fun for me is in scrounging the parts up over time and learning the hard way...

I have the aluminium nuts and almost a complete screw set from the doner, I also have a stainless screw set should I fall short anywhere but it doesn't seem as if I will. Have gearboxes and a prop shaft or two... I need gold front springs (have the rear ones) and a new body, those will complete the build... might be waiting for a while though lol.